The report must evaluate the impact of related health care spending
To require the Government Accountability Office to produce a report on esophageal cancer, and for other purposes, section 3, Sec. 3.
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The report must evaluate the impact of related health care spending
The document says “shall”Who acts: Comptroller General of the United StatesHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“the total impact of esophageal cancer-related health care spending under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program for Federal employees and retirees diagnosed with esophageal cancer”
The first of the two matters the report must evaluate. It reaches spending on care related to esophageal cancer under the health benefits program for federal employees, for both serving employees and retirees who have been diagnosed. The section does not say how the total impact is to be measured.
What the document actually says
“the total impact of esophageal cancer-related health care spending under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program for Federal employees and retirees diagnosed with esophageal cancer”
That sentence, in plain words
The report must look at what this cancer costs. It must look at care paid for by the health plan for federal workers. That covers workers and retired workers.
What this is about
People who work for the government get health coverage through a big plan. The report must add up what this cancer costs that plan.
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Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025, Public Law 119-96, sec. 3, 140 Stat. 835 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ96/html/PLAW-119publ96.htm
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“The report must evaluate the impact of related health care spending,” Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025, section 3, Sec. 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/gerald-e-connolly-esophageal-cancer-awareness-act/proposal/sec03-evaluate-health-care-spending/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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